Rightful person must be elected Ga Mantse — Wulomei
The Ga-Dangbe Council of Wulomei has added its voice to that of the Regional House of Chiefs confirming Nii Tetteh Kwei II as the Ga Dzaasetse and Kingmaker of the Ga State.
The Wulomei (traditional priests and priestesses) have stated that no group of persons, including even the Wulomei, has the right to appoint, confirm or endorse anyone into a traditional position within the Ga State.
That exclusive right, it said, resided solely with the recognised and lawful persons affiliated to the Ga Paramount Stool Dzaase.
Support
At a press conference held in Accra last Friday, the Korle Wulomo, Nii Okai I, on behalf of the Wulomoi, said the council spiritually and morally supported the Ga Dzaasetse in his use of legitimate and peaceful means to elect and enstool a rightful and legitimate chief to lead the Ga State.
According to him, the Ga State would implement the final ruling of the Judicial Committee of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, which gives the Dzaasetse the authority to enstool a chief for the Ga State.
The mandate was given to the Dzaasetse after delivery of the final verdict in the chieftaincy dispute between King Tackie Tawiah III (now deceased) and other stakeholders in the Ga State.
Meanwhile, the Wulomei have cautioned Nuumo Ogbamey, a senior traditional office holder, and one Nuumo Akwa Mensah III, a traditional leader, that it was impossible for two Dzaasetsemei to be nominated and enstooled from the same royal lineage and ruling house when other ruling houses of the Ga Dzaase had not had their turn.
Ban on drumming
In a speech read on his behalf, the President of the Ga-Dangbe Council of Wulomei, Numo Blafo Akotia Omaetu III, urged the public to have patience with the Ga Dangme people with regard to the ban on drumming and noise making, which begins from May 11 to June 11.
He entreated the public, especially churches and places of entertainment located within Ga communities, to accord the Ga State the respect it deserved in order to avoid the perennial reports of alleged attacks on them.
He noted that there would be peace if all and sundry abided by the traditional dictates of that moment.
Numo Omaetu called for a peaceful resolution of all disputes among the various clans in the Ga State to precede the celebration of Homowo this year.
‘Don’t get involved’
The Chief Priestess of the Ga State, Okomfo Abla, urged the government to not get involved in the processes for enstoolment of a paramount chief in the Ga State.
She said the appropriate way for enstooling a chief was through traditional means and not through the influence of money and authority.
